Li Biao began appearing on the stage as a conductor since 2011. Maestro Christoph Eschenbach and Maestro Lawrence Foster have bestowed him with great inspiration and support at the beginning of his conductor career. In 2012, Beijing Symphony Orchestra named Li Biao the Artist-in-Residence and Principal Guest Conductor, a position established for the first time in the history of this orchestra. In 2014, Li Biao was appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor of China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater Orchestra.

As a conductor, he worked with more than 20 orchestras in Europe and China from 2011, such as Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Dell‘Opera Di Parma, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra, Neue-Brandenburg Philharmonie, Macao Orchestra, and many of China's top symphony orchestra.

In 2013, Li was invited to conduct Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra for the opening concert in the 200th anniversary of Verdi's Opera festival. He received much Italian media critical acclaim. Then he conducted Orchestra Dell’Opera Di Parma toured in five Chinese cities for New Year Concert. Li Biao worked together with the Opera center of the Central Conservatory of Music, completed the Opera production of Verdi’s “Aida” for China Opera Festival with a great success.

As conductor, Li Biao has a much occupied schedule in the coming season. His first debut as conductor with Isreal Sinfonetta , and with South America orchestra such as Brasileira Sinfonica Orquestra, was a remarkable milestone in his professional life.

As a world renowned percussion soloist, Li is well-known in performing an extensive range of musical work. Li Biao gave a great number of solo recitals during various music festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Kissingen Summer, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Music Biennale Zagreb, Night of Percussion in Berlin Philharmonic and Music Viva. Li has performed his percussion pieces in more than 70 countries, as well as cooperated with renowned orchestras and chamber orchestra such as: the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra National de Lyon, Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra, Montpellier Opera, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and many others around the world, working with leading conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Christoph Eschenbach, Lawrence Foster, Jonathan Nott.